Attachment for hinges



(No Model.)

W. B. DEMING. ATTACHMENT FOR HINGBS.

No. 540,645. Patented June 11, 1895.

UNITE STATES ATENT Fries.

ATTACHMENT FOR HINGES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 540,645, dated June 11,1895.

7 Application filed November 1, 1894:. Serial No. 527,605- (NomodeL) Toall whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. DEMING, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bentonville, in the county of Benton and State of Arkansas,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments forHinges;

= and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of this invention is to provide means whereby the .strainupon the leaves of strap hinges at the knuckle may be relieved so as toprevent tearing the hinge and also whereby the longitudinal strain onthe screws tending to withdraw same and loosen the hinge, is lessened.

The object further is to provide an appliance which can be adapted tohinges of common form and can be applied to hinges already in use.

I accomplish the objects of the invention by the mechanism illustratedin the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a view in perspectiveof a sec tion of a post, showing a strap-hinge secured thereto andshowing my attachment applied. The door or gate is not shown in thisfigure. Fig. 2 is a view of a portion of the post or j amb in sideelevation, and showing the hinge in vertical section; and Fig. 3 is adetail of the front of the post, showing a portion of the leaves of thehinge with my attachment applied.

Similar letters refer to like parts throughout the several views of thedrawings.

A represents the gate post ordoor jamb, and B and B are the leaves of astrap hinge of well known construction, and provided with screw holes inthe usual way. I

0 represents my improved attachment which will preferably consist of bariron of greater width than thickness and which will first be bentedgewise into a U shape in which the distance between the stems will beapproximately equal to the width of the hinge and then the lower part ofthe stems including the bar connecting the stems will be bent at rightangles to the stems in the manner as clearly shown in the drawings.These stems will form the straps C of my device and will be providedwith holes'by which the straps will be securely nailed or screwed to thepost strain on the hinge will be largely sustained by my attachmentwhich is calculated to support the strap and prevent its tearing andwill take the direct pull such as is exerted on the screws when the gateis half open, off of the screws securing the hinge. The strain on thescrews fastening my attachment to the post is at such times at rightangles to their length and consequently will not loosen the device. Myattachment may be made of malleable iron or wrought iron or of any othersuitable material.

My device may be manufactured and sold with thehinges and applied whenthe hinges are first put on or it may be sold as an attachment to beapplied subsequently.

I am aware that strap hinges have been reinforced by an additionaloverlyiifg plate formed integral with the material of the leaf and alsoof a separate plate riveted or otherwise secured to the strap and I amalso aware that such a reinforcing plate having arms at right angles tothe strap and adapted to be projected through the enlarged slot besidethe pintle as shown in my Patent No.518,309, has been made, and suchconstruction I do not claim in this application, but

What I do claim, and wish to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is

Asa new article of manufacture, the removable device 0 for strengtheninghinges and consisting of the bar 0 adapted to be placed transverselyacross the hinge. strap next to the knuckle and having its contactingface parallel with the outer face of the strap and the two straps '0integral with the bar 0' and at right angles thereto and a distanceapart at least equal to the width of the hinge and adapted to be securedto the face of the In testimony whereof I affix my signature post atright angles to, and adjacent to the in presence of two Witnesses. faceof the post to which the hinge is fastened,the contacting faces of thestrap being WILLIAM B. DEMING, 5 parallel with the inside face of thepost or Witnesses:

jamb, substantially as described and for the T. O. TUCKER,

purposes specified. R. E. BRASHEAR.

